Patty J. Blumhardt January 22, 1949 - July 1, 2022
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Jul 1, 2022 | 9:10 AM / 652 views
Patty J. Blumhardt, 73, Leola, SD, died Friday, July 1, 2022 at her residence in Roscoe. Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 10:00 AM at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hosmer, led by Rev. David Peterson. Internment follows at Bethany Cemetery. Organist will be Wesley Schaible and the congregation will sing “Amazing Grace”, “I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry”, “I Love to Tell the Story”, and “Here I Am Lord.” Ushers will be David Eisenbeisz, Kathy Opp, Wesley Gienger, and Delbert Gienger.
Patty’s funeral will be livestreamed on the Lien Family Funeral Care Facebook page.
Closed casket visitation will be at Lien Funeral Home, Bowdle, from 5:00-7:00 PM Tuesday.
Patty Jean Blumhardt (Gienger) was born on January 22, 1949 to Reinhold and Martha (Bieber) Gienger. On that day the world was blessed with a little more kindness. Patty was a kind and loving soul to anyone she met. Her main focus was her family, God and service to others. She met Darvin Blumhardt during their high school years and they were married on May 31, 1969. After she had completed her cosmetology training at Stewarts in Aberdeen, this union was blessed with two children, Stacey and Darek, who were the love and center of her life.
Patty worked in Leola for a number of years with Vivian Reeb as a beautician prior to her and Darvin taking over the family farm. She loved the peaceful farm life. She and Darvin also had a wood craft business for about 25 years where they met many wonderful people. Patty had a special creative style and Darvin did the carpentry.
Patty will be remembered for her kindness, care giving and ability to listen and truly care for others. She will be missed as a wife, mother, sister and friend.
Those who were blessed to share her life are her husband Darvin Blumhardt, her daughter Stacey (Steven) Blumhardt-Howell, her son Darek (Dixie) Blumhardt, her brothers Delbert Gienger and Wesley (Sherry) Gienger, and her sisters Leila (Charles) Maule and Donna (Joel) Huber.
Patty was preceded in death by her father, Reinhold, on October 25, 1998; her mother, Martha, on September 16, 2014; and her sister-in-law, Darlene Gienger, on September 4, 2014.
In lieu of flowers memorial has been established to the St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hosmer, SD.
Casket bearers will be James Schaible of Hosmer, Trevor Schaible of Hosmer, Bryan Huber of Milbank, David Gienger of Hosmer, Steven Howell of Aberdeen, and Gervase Imberi of Eureka.
Service is in care of Lien Funeral Home, Bowdle.
Patty J. Blumhardt, 73, Leola, Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 10:00 AM at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Hosmer. Closed casket visitation will be Tuesday, July 5, 2022 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Lien Funeral Home in Bowdle. Patty died Friday, July 1, 2022 at her residence in Roscoe.